Patents by Inventor Kentaro TOMINAGA

Kentaro TOMINAGA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having information processing program stored thereon, information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
    Patent number: 9446303
    Abstract: Diversification of a game field is realized while maintaining appropriate visibilities of the game field and a player object. An information processing apparatus includes: an object control section which controls movement of the virtual object by performing, based on a predetermined condition, switching between a first and a second state in which a virtual object movable region in the virtual space is restricted to a first and a second region, respectively; an image generation section which generates an image taken by a virtual camera; and a virtual camera control section which sets, in the first state, the position of the virtual camera to a first viewpoint that is a high-angle viewpoint with respect to the first region, and sets, in the second state, the position of the virtual camera to a second viewpoint that is a viewpoint other than the high-angle viewpoint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasa Shikata, Masahiro Nakamura, Shiro Mouri, Shinji Okane, Kentaro Tominaga, Yoshihiko Sakuraba
  • NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140357358
    Abstract: Diversification of a game field is realized while maintaining appropriate visibilities of the game field and a player object. An information processing apparatus includes: an object control section which controls movement of the virtual object by performing, based on a predetermined condition, switching between a first and a second state in which a virtual object movable region in the virtual space is restricted to a first and a second region, respectively; an image generation section which generates an image taken by a virtual camera; and a virtual camera control section which sets, in the first state, the position of the virtual camera to a first viewpoint that is a high-angle viewpoint with respect to the first region, and sets, in the second state, the position of the virtual camera to a second viewpoint that is a viewpoint other than the high-angle viewpoint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasa SHIKATA, Masahiro NAKAMURA, Shiro MOURI, Shinji OKANE, Kentaro TOMINAGA, Yoshihiko SAKURABA